ABS Printer Plastic Processing

Currently my company is separating the plastic from printers and running the plastic with screws and other metals through a shredder and separated with a magnet some small metals still get through like the aluminum stuff. We have had to bale our plastic and have only been getting $.15 per pound in the Massachusetts area. This price is much less then I was originally hoping for. We process about 30k lbs a month of printer plastic. What I would like to do in order to increase the profit margin is to granulate the plastic and separate it by color does any one know what kind of prices I may get by doing this?

.15 is a better price than shred, in Ft Wayne I think their paying .05 a lb. You might have to Google granulater buyers

With your volume you should attract a buyer or two;

https://www.google.com/search?q=buye...l=np&source=hp

.15 per pound is pretty darn good. We have a few buyers here in the 5-10 cents per pound range. In my neck of the woods you would have better luck trying to sell flaming turds than computer plastic.

Flaming turds!! Holy Cow, a new fad!! I'll take a dozen!!
Put them on eBay!!

J.

....sorry, couldn't resist. I never heard that one before and it my funnybone pretty hard!!!

Thanks Mechanic I will try searching for that tomorrow. I have not had much good luck finding buyers for that type of plastic so far.

In the Portland Maine area I have only found places that will take it off your hands and say thank you for dropping it off. I would be satisfied if I could get .05.
Chris

$0.15 a pound is pretty good. I'm working on a project that might allow us to start purchasing plastic, but we're not going to be able to come even close to that price.

You're getting $4,500 a month for something I throw away, or drop off at a non paying recycler. I am going to cry.

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Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

You're getting $4,500 a month for something I throw away, or drop off at a non paying recycler. I am going to cry.

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Now now big boy,,,;)

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Originally Posted by thortek

$0.15 a pound is pretty good. I'm working on a project that might allow us to start purchasing plastic, but we're not going to be able to come even close to that price.

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